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Show 4 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, September 30, 2004 Utah Attorney General to Address Republican Women Utah County Republican Women announce Mark Shurtleff as their guest speaker on Monday, Oct. 4, at the Provo City Library, Room 201. Shurtleff was elected as the Utah Attorney General in November 200. Previously, he served as Salt Lake County Coun-ty Commissioner. He was born and raised in Utah, graduating grad-uating from Brighton High School, Brigham Young University Uni-versity and the University of Utah School of Law. Shurtleff will discuss the differences between the RepublicanDemocrat Re-publicanDemocrat philosophies. Republican Women serve a light lunch and visitors are always welcome. For further information, call Lorraine Hillman, 465-2838, or Emily Wiscombe, Program Chair, 224-1964. How to keep mice out of your house Terry Messmer UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION WILDLIFE SPECIALIST House mice are considered one of the most troublesome and economically important rodents in North America. Originally Orig-inally a native of Asia, they arrived in North America with early settlers. They are very adaptable and frequently live in close association asso-ciation with humans. They are probably the most common wildlife species in towns and cities. With the onset of cold weather, mice migrate to structures as they search for food and shelter. They will eat a wide range of food, but prefer foods high in fat and sugar. Some favorites include chocolate, bacon, butter and nuts. Most water wa-ter requirements are filled by the food they eat. Because they are most active at night, mice can roam undetected un-detected throughout a household. If you see them during the daytime, this could indicate you have several mice in the house. Mice have a high reproductive rate. Within a matter of months, a pair of mice can produce several sev-eral litters. With abundant food, each litter can have 10-12 young. These litters can then begin producing mice within two months of birth. In addition to nibbling on food, mice can nibble and cause structural damage. They also regularly urinate and defecate. The presence or droppings and the musky smell of urine coming from cupboards or drawers is also an indicator that you have mice in the house. To prevent mice from turning your house into their house, consider these tips. The best control method is to prevent them from getting in. To exclude mice from structures, seal all holes and openings open-ings that are larger than one-fourth inch. Use heavy materials materi-als such as concrete mortar, sheet metal or heavy gauge hardware cloth. Also, be aware of open doors to garages, houses, barns or other structures. These are open invitations to mice. Make food in the house as inaccessible as possible. Store bulk foods in rodent-proof containers. Make sure spilled food items and crumbs are cleaned up. A leftover cookie behind be-hind the couch cushion can feed a mouse for more than a week. In most cases, mice can be easily caught using glue or wooden snap traps. Because mice have poor eyesight but excellent ex-cellent senses of touch and smell, they tend to travel close to walls and other objects. Thus, traps should be set close to walls where mouse activity is seen. For effective control, set at least six or more traps in the house. To increase effectiveness, use small amounts of fresh bait. Peanut butter and chocolate work well as bait. Do not use cheese since it tends to go rancid quickly, thus losing its attractiveness as a bait. Also, you may want to bait the traps without setting them for a day or so. When you notice the bait has been taken, set the trap. Because mice can carry diseases, it is important to remove them from the house as quickly as possible. They should be bagged and disposed of in an outside garbage container con-tainer or buried. Do not use rodenticides (poisons) to control mice in homes. Mice that feed on poison baits may die in the home. As they start to decay, the resulting odor may cause further problems. Devices that repel mice using ultrasonic or electromagnetic electro-magnetic waves are advertised widely this time of year; however, there is no scientific evidence to support manufacturer manufac-turer claims that these devices work. For more information, contact you local county Extension office for a copy of the Extension Bulletin "Mice or visit the USU Extension Web site at http:www.extension.usu. SOUTH COUNTY'S ONLY SECURE ALZHEIMER UNIT Homestylc Assisted Living 798-1500 rk a $l)-Toiir Of Our f acility Al www.hearthsi0ac-tnanar.co1n Oft $hdl? That means that you can call on mc to fill your needs with the coverage you want and at the lowest possible cost. 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When making applesauce apple-sauce and apple butter, be sure the mixture is uniformly hot before filling the jars, otherwise the apples will be underprocessed, even when they are processed for the correct amount of time for your altitude. If you have a press, consider consid-er making apple juice. Remember Re-member that apple juice made from windfall apples should be pasteurized if it is to be served to young children chil-dren to avoid the risk of E. coli. Another option is home canned apple pie filling, which is convenient for making mak-ing pies, apple crisp or as a filling for cookies. Spiced apple ap-ple rmgs are another option. These can provide a zesty side dish. Applesauce is a flexible base for homemade fruit leathers. It can be spiked with various flavors of frozen juice concentrate with spices or ground nuts added prior to drying. Both dried apples and apple fruit leather are good after school snacks. Full instructions for pro cessing any of these products prod-ucts can be found in the USDA Home Canning Guide or in Home Drying of Food. This information can be found at or obtained from your local county Extension office. Question: My sister fills quart jars with dry beans and water and cooks them in a pressure canner. Can we do this at our altitude in Utah? If so, how? Answer: Do not process beans this way, regardless of your altitude. It can be deadly. dead-ly. The problem is that as beans begin to heat, they swell and this changes the speed of heat penetration. With inadequate processing of beans, there is a potential for botulism. The USDA dried bean canning can-ning recipe requires soaking beans before canning to avoid the problem of changes in viscosity as the beans swell. Research projects pro-jects have shown that the Eroportion of dried beans to quid has a drastic relationship relation-ship between time and temperature tem-perature in processing. Question: How do I make fruit leather that doesn't turn brown? Answer: Wash the fruit you plan to use. Peel or slip skins if desired. Remove seeds. Puree fruit in a food processor or blender without adding extra water. Simmer the puree for about five minutes. min-utes. Heating the fruit will inactivate in-activate the enzymes present and prevent the product from turning brown during processing. Add sugar to taste, but avoid using large quantities, since it will make the final leather sticky and hard to dry. Spices may be added to taste in products such as ap- Elesauce leather. .Spread the ot puree on plastic film about 14 inch thick. Dry in an oven or a dehydrator. When the leather can be peeled away from the plastic film, it is done. If an oven is to be used, use the lowest temperature setting and prop the door slightly open to facilitate air circulation. A bottle lid can be used to hold the door open. Do not over-dry. over-dry. Dried leather can be rolled up on the plastic used during the drying process or peeled off the plastic film prior pri-or to storage. Question: My tomato vines have frozen. What can I do with my green tomatoes? toma-toes? Answer: Green tomatoes are an ingredient in piccalilli, pickled sweet green tomatoes, toma-toes, pickled green tomato relish and green tomato pie filling. They can also be used Legislative council to hear candidates Women's Legislative Council of Utah County has invited all the candidates that will be on the ballot for Utah County for the Nov. 2, election elec-tion to speak at their October 7 meeting. It will be held at 9:45 a.m. at the Provo City Library, Li-brary, Academy Square, 551 N. University Ave. There is free street-level and underground under-ground parking. Time will be allocated according ac-cording to the number of candidates attending. The council is non-partisan and their purpose is to keep informed on local, state and national issues, with a goal of supporting legislation beneficial ben-eficial to our state and nation. na-tion. Members bring your friends, and visitors are welcome. wel-come. A light brunch will be served. Program Chairmen are Pearl Rex-Hartzell, Donna Don-na Stevens and Barbara Packard. For more information, informa-tion, call Pearl, 225-1521. Halloween adventure Come enjoy an adventure riverboat ride on the lower Provo River. It is like a hayride, but a boat ride. There are over 100 pumpkins reflecting reflect-ing off the water, with scary stories and songs. A pirate even attacks the boat and ends up handing out candy. They have two professional excursion excur-sion boats that can accommodate accommo-date 40 people each. The ride is a round trip experience expe-rience that takes approximately approximate-ly 25 minutes, with departures every 15 - 30 minutes. The boarding location is at CLAS Ropes Course, 3606 W. Center, Provo, 373-8897. The Halloween Hal-loween Cruise is open daily October Oc-tober 8 to 30 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., weekdays and 6:30 -10:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. Closed Sunday. We specialize in Machine Quilting & Machine Embroidery Located at 524 S. 300 East, Springville Call today! 489-4460 f-y'V VS$2 Maple Mountain Pumpkins 1220 EAST 1200 NORTH, MAPLETON Wind your way through our decorated corn1 maze and don't forget to Pick your pumpkin pump-kin right off the vine! We've got a wide range of pumpkins, gourds, straw bales. corn stalks and Indian corn. You can plan for a group to come to the patch! we have super group rates and lots of fun! V CALL COLLEEN 369-5273 OR 489-992 '44 I in salsa recipes. Fresh, they can be used in soups, casseroles or the classic Southern dish, fried green tomatoes. Question: Can my Zucchini Zucchi-ni be canned for later use in soups? Answer: Not as plain zucchini. zuc-chini. The USDA Canning Guide offers a recipe for tomatoes with zucchini if you would also like tomatoes m your soup. Question: Can I can pumpkin pump-kin pie filling? Answer: You can safely can pumpkin andor winter squash as 1-inch size cubes, but not in the pureed form normal for making a pie filling. fill-ing. Can it as cubes now, then puree it when you are ready to make the pie. Direct column topics to: Ju-lene Ju-lene Reese, Utah State University Uni-versity Extension, Logan, UT 84322-0500; 435-760-9302; julenerext.usu.edu 7 .. ... f m Dear Dr. Lillian Dear Dr. Lillian: Q: In my department, two colleagues crowded me out of power, prestige, position po-sition and yes, even my office. Two's company and three's a crowd? Well, we were supposed to have worked together for the greater good, but it all deteriorated deterio-rated into competition and judgment. Relegated to the sidelines, I now wonder if I should try to get an administrative position for better pay and position. The stress of this last encounter has left me completely drained. , A: If the stress of this last encounter has left you drained, then imagine what a daily diet of this type of tension would do for you. Most administrative positions are stressful because they are laden with adversity and pressured with decision-making and deadlines. Possibly the most unrewarding of all are middle management pen sitions. where you have neither the defined role of the employee nor the free creativity and power of high marK agement. Yet, it is precisely on middle management that you pin your hopes of revenge, escape, and redemption in your own and others' eyes. Rather than getting more desperate and competitive, enrich yourself by learning new skills that upgrade you both personally and professionally: Take a course and read books on assertiveness, communication skills, problem-solving and collaborative strategies. Seek out new ways to enrich yourself, your peers and your superiors. Create a niche in your company that allows al-lows you to be personally and professionally creative, useful to coworkers and administration, and, therefore, indispensable! Explore alternatives both in your job and outside of your job. When others get competitive, get more creative. By doing what is attractive and right for you, you will tap the core from which to serve others. Instead of fighting or running away, lead in a new direction. Dear Dr. Lillian: Q: When my mom brings me and my sister to my dad's new house, I don't feel good in my belly. I want to run away from my step-mom. She's mean. A: Make sure you talk to your mom and grandma and grandpa and tell them about your worries. If your family is seeing a therapist, tell the therapist, too. Explain very clearly in what way you think your step-mom is being mean. Tell them exactly what she does and how you feel about it. Running away from step-mom won't solve the bellyache. belly-ache. When you are at your dad's house, take along books that keep you entertained and interested. Take along your Lego set and build a beautiful house or robot. Bring along card games so everybody can play, forget and be a little happy together. If you love to draw, bring your colors and create works of beauty. If you have invisible in-visible friends that others cannot see, ask them to guide you, stay with you, and play with you while you face your difficulty. Maybe your bellyache really belongs to your mom. May.be she is sad and afraid when she has to bring you and your sister to the new house. In time, your mom will learn to be happy again. Things will get better. Dear Dr. Lillian: Q: I feel like the justice system in this country is going down the drain. Citizens have more and more obligations and fewer and fewer rights. As an attorney, I do what I can to guard the rights of my clients. Please understand, my clients make poor life choices. However, many law abiding folks would find themselves just as desperate and ill-equipped to find feasible solutions if they had been dealt the same economic, psychological, and social hand in life my clients are facing. Can't we find a preventive, rather than punitive way to upgrade our society? I am reaching a level of despair about where we, as a collective, collec-tive, are headed. Is there any hope to redeem human society? soci-ety? Is there any point to my work? A: You are in a unique position to educate the society you wish td see evolve. Write pamphlets, teach community commu-nity education classes, go into schools, and spread your vision of the change needed for human and societal transformation. Connect with your peers and together champion groups for rights. Position yourself as a judge and mediator medi-ator in disputes on rights. If you are media-savvy, use radio, television, magazines, Internet, and newspaper columns as your media of teaching. If you have it in you, aspire to become a member of the Supreme Court. Dream your dream of an evolved and refined human s,0CietXi D011'4 wait f or anyone except yourself to make the difference. As you share the dream, others will awaken. Dear Reader of an Age: You are welcome to e-mail your questions to: questionsdear-dr-lillian.org HOURS: M-F 3 P.M.-DUSK AND SAT. 10 A.M.-DUSK |